Upgraded to BoincTasks 1.93 - and now, nothing's showing.

[gb009761]

Hi, I'm looking for some help.

I've been using BoincTasks for'many,many years', and after getting a new computer/downloading the latest version (which works), I decided to upgrade from an earlier version on a different/older computer - one that had been working fine before, I just wanted to use the new features. Unfortunately, since then, I've been having issues with it...

Basically, nothing seems to connect. From the log file, I can see the following lines repeated;
20 August 2025 - 22:08:59 Connect, password ---- Host: Franciss-THINK, IP: localhost, Port: 31416, scheduler request host ID doesn't match authenticator (Password)
20 August 2025 - 22:09:00 Connect ---- Try to connect to: Host: Franciss-THINK, IP: localhost, MAC: , Port: 31416, Thread ID: 10328

I've tried doing a 'clean install' (i.e., removing the previous version(s) in totality and downloading again), but I'm still not getting past this stage. Thus, nothing is showing up on the Projects/Tasks tab, and I'm getting a 'computer not connected' symbol in the 'sidebar computer selection' sidebar (in the 'Status' field against my localhost computer, it's showing 'Password, Connected').

[fred]

Strange, it shows a password error, make sure you have the right password.
Maybe enter the password in BoincTasks again.
Otherwise a security tool on you pc like a virus scanner may block the connection.

Or maybe the computer is too old, I haven't tested it on Win 10 for a long time.

[gb009761]

Thanks for getting back to me Fred.

Yes, this is a 'strange one', as an earlier version of BoincTasks was running perfectly happily on this machine for 'many years' - at least 7+ years, probably a lot longer, without any issues. At times, I should just 'leave things alone' (but, being a computer techie, I find it hard to resist).

Tonight, I'll continue trying to get it to work, and if I do find out why, I'll come back and post my findings - in case anyone else ever has similar issues.